Break on Kamui Island...
In Eclipse...
Otacross and Takuya were both on the huge screen as the kids and young adults reported back the outcome of their mission.
Otacross : " I see deyo~. Who could have thought the enemy will be able to make his own talking LBXs as well."
Takuya: " but all the data of the Second World were taken. If anything, we ought to be ready to fight off some strong LBXs in the near future."
Takeru: " using all of our tactics and custom data, they can create powerful LBXs."
Yagami: " how can we defeat them."
Dot Blastrizer: " fight them!"
Everyone looked back at him.
Dot Blastrizer: " if we want to defeat them, then we ought to fight them! It's just like War Time, each day, you face a strong enemy, if you back and hesitate, you won't be able to win. But as long as you keep fighting and coming up with strategies and more weapons, you're sure to overcome the strong enemy. Am I wrong?"
Kirito smirked.
Kirito: " to think Arata's LBX would say something like that. He doesn't suit you, kid."
Arata: " oi!"
Fenrir: " that's right. We have no other choice but to work harder to overcome them."
Sakura : " I'm cheering for you guys! Do your best!"
Otacross : " we have to go now deyo~."
Takuya: " you as well. As soon as you make sure everything is right over there. Come back immediately."
And the calls ended. Arata turned to Sakuya who was standing next to him.
Arata: " to think you were working on making another Dot Blastrizer..."
Sakuya: " Arata, this LBX has a feature that only you can pull off."
Arata blinked.
Sakuya: " as I planned to recreate Dot Blastrizer, a new blueprint was send to me. The sender said that this feature has the power to open up more possibilities for us. And I believe in that."
Kirito: " what kind of features is it?"
Sakuya was about to plunge into explaining as usual but then shut his mouth.
Sakuya: " I need to keep it a secret."
That definitely made the blond more curious about it. Nevertheless, Arata smiled.
Arata: " I'm not sure what does this mean either but, I promise I will use Dot Blastrizer to the fullest."
Sakuya nodded with his own smile.
Momona: " then, what should we do now?"
Kirito: " I will be monitoring the system for the day, it's the best way to know if everything is back to normal."
Evangeline : " I'll take a look at G. Yuugfrao."
She said taking the white LBX from before.
Takeru: " the LBX you borrowed from Glenschteim's student?"
Twilight : " right, we may figure something by analyzing it."
Yagami: " the rest should be on standby in case the enemy attacked again. Other than that, you can rest."
Hiro: " we can rest?"
It seemed the word rest had quite the unexpected effect on them. It was the last thing they had expected.
Arata: " it's weekend, so, I think we can have some fun together!"
He said looking back at his teammates.
Hikaru: " have some fun?"
Mano: " nothing wrong with that, if the enemy doesn't make a move, you get to rest. It's important to take a break from time to time. Else no one can continue on."
Touko held up her hand as her eyes gleamed excitedly.
Touko: " agree! I've heard Kamui island has this very delicious Parfait! I want to try it!"
Momona: " I can take you there! We can invite Yuno-san and the others as well!"
Pandora: " doesn't seem like a bad idea."
Kazu: " maybe we get to battle."
Hiro: " then let's start our break!"
And they all walked out the Eclipse...
" Well done. With this, we can get even more power up."
Itan leaned back with his hands behind his head.
Iran: " whatever. With those data and the ones we copied from Kamiya Industry, I'm sure Leviathan can update himself and his LBXs. Though I doubt he needs them as long as I'm with him."
He said taking out his lollipop from his mouth and wagging it around.
" You're surely an impressive LBX player, Itan Kyuji."
The black LBX looked up at that.
Gruxen: " it's not like he is the one fighting though."
" Right, and Gruxeon is a strong LBX, and with the updates done by Leviathan himself, I think you can easily claim the name of the strongest LBX."
Itan: " you know, my experience with Seredy taught me one thing. That the man who compliments so much has a lot of objectives as well. What could possibly be that you're planning for?"
" Nothing. I'm just a follower of Leviathan."
Itan: " hm... Keep it to yourself... In the end, I only trust myself and Gruxeon. I don't care about any of you."...
Arata: " man I've missed the island so much!"
He said as he and his teammates went for a walk around the island.
Hikaru: " how much was it, half a year?"
Haruki: " almost."
Arata: " ho! That much, really!"
Sakuya: " time flies by."
Haruki: " to think about it, it's only a few months before we have our high school exam."
Arata halted.
Arata: " eh!"
Haruki: " which reminds me. If you still entend to enroll here, you must be here for the exam."
Arata: " oh man. I totally forgot!"
Sakuya: " it's just like you, Arata. You were traveling around and battling with LBX, I won't be surprised if you didn't study at all."
Hikaru: " I doubt so, Jin-san was along with him, I'm sure he wouldn't allow him to stay behind."
Arata: " please don't remind me of those days..."
He said turning away with a darkened face upon recalling his special tutoring with his teacher and everyone sweat dropped.
Haruki: " right, even Kagetora and the others mentioned he was a strict teacher."
Arata: " Kamui Daimon is an LBX school, can't the entrance exam for the high school be some kind of a battle or..."
He tried to argue.
Hikaru: " in your dreams. Besides your rankings, good grades are needed as well."
Arata: " why this cruel thing."
Dot Blastrizer: " if you put your head in studying a bit it won't be that hard."
Arata: " I hate studying."
Dot Blastrizer : " it's not a matter of what you hate."
Arata: " and who are you, mom?"
As the WTO continued bickering, Haruki and Hikaru pulled out their CCMs.
Hikaru: " you guys said that we may have the same powers as you."
Dot Blastrizer and Arata looked at them.
Hikaru: " certainly this power is interesting. But..."
Sakuya shifted his look between them. Arata knew he needed to say something. He was like them after all.
Arata: " I know how you feel guys. It's really hard to not be able to help that much. But, I'm sure you will get it as well."
Dot Blastrizer: " at the time when you show off your resolution to fight no matter what, I'm sure it will happen."
Sakuya smiled as he patted both boys' backs.
Sakuya: " that's it then. It needs time, but you will surely activate it as well. For now let's forget about all that and enjoy our time together. It's not like Arata is going to stay here for so long."
Arata: " you don't have to say that..."
He said with a disappointed tone.
Haruki: " you're right. Let's go then."...
Kamui Daimon Academy...
Kirito: " seems everything is alright for now. But I would rather keep checking it for a while."
Fenrir: " I agree."
Kirito looked up at all the data that flowed on the screen.
Kirito: " this very place was build to hold a secret war underground. But now it's merely a playground for children."
Fenrir: " can't neglect that since the proxy war stopped, there were a lot of tension between countries. "
Kirito: " was this for the better or for the worse?"
Fenrir: " no one can answer that."
Kirito: " you're right. No one has the ability to answer that right now."
He looked back at Fenrir.
Kirito: " but I'm sure of one thing. Those kids, the ones who managed to stop this proxy war, they surely are able to change things in this world. They're surely, the future."
Fenrir: " they're the only ones who can decide the shape of our world in the future. Whether it will be better..."
Kirito: " ... or it will be ruins."...
Touko had a wide smile as she enjoyed the flavor.
Touko: " Delicious!"
Momona: " that's the masterpiece of this shop as you can call it."
Yuno: " it's just worth all the hard work to get the silver credits to buy it."
She was also enjoying her own Parfait.
Kiyoka: " Wheel of Fate, Reversed, Miscalculation. Yuno, you can't afford its price."
Yuno: " what! I checked my silver credits before coming!"
She took her CCM only to find that what she had was below the price.
Yuno: " how!"
Catherine: " you bought that keychain on our way here, right. It seems it was pretty expensive."
Yuno: " what should I do?!"
Kiyoka: " you can borrow some of my silver credits if you want."
Yuno jumped on her, squeezing her soul out.
Yuno: " thank you, Kiyoka! You're a life saver!"...
Higurashi: " if it isn't Jin, nice to see you again."
Jin: " same here."
He had a small smile at the brunette woman. In the weekend, Higurashi usually works in the clinic of the island, so finding her wasn't hard.
Higurashi : " I'm on a break now, so we can talk for a while. Take a seat, I will get some coffee."
Jin: " thanks."
He said sitting down.
Higurashi: " an unhealthy black coffee as usual, right."
Jin: " you don't have to put it like that."
She whirled around to face him while the machine was preparing their drinks.
Higurashi: " I heard from the headmaster, you're involved in some kind of new crisis. What had been happening around the Second World doesn't seem like a small matter."
The male nodded.
Higurashi : " when you came to this island almost a year ago, you and Reina were only looking for the professor. Who could have thought things would have ended that way. And now this."
Jin: " I think it can't be helped."
Higurashi: " Reina never came back. Apparently she is still with her father."
Jin: " it seems she doesn't intend to come back. And last time she called she complained about her father jumping to work on a new project even though he should be resting."
He couldn't resist the small smile that slid through his lips. The other woman barely held her chuckle.
Higurashi: " well, he wasn't able to hold back when having a chance to take part at any exciting project in the past."
She walked back to her previous coworker, offering him his coffee.
Jin: " though, I can't imagine the amount of stress he went through while being a part of the Grand Master for three years. By the way, I've also heard she has been teaching in Misora for a while now. She didn't confirm it herself."
He said slowly drinking his coffee.
Higurashi: " she liked teaching after all. She applied to be a teacher in here from the very start. Pretty sorry things had to have a drastic turn."
She heaved a sigh and then looked at the male by her side. He sat there, staring at his coffee while his mind drifted away, apparently having a lot to think about.
Higurashi : " Jin..."
He glanced over at her.
Higurashi : " don't overburden yourself. If you're tired, don't hesitate to take a break. Else you won't be able to continue forward and you will only break down."
Jin blinked, not actually getting where that came from.
Higurashi: " I may not have known you well as Reina didn. But when you first came to this island, my first impression on you was that you were struggling with more than you can handle. Like you've been fighting for so long, and you still are. "
Jin was confused as she kept gazing at him. True for that, Higurashi never knew much about Jin. Not even Reina knew anything about the previous incidents he took place into. But she knew what after fight wounds are. And she immediately recognized Jin as someone who was still healing from them. He didn't pry of course, but he figured she must had her own fight as well.
Jin: " thanks for the advice. But I really can't afford to let them fight on their own and watch from the sidelines. Not again..."
He clenched his fist under the table, only Zenon who was hiding in his pocket noticed it.
Higurashi : " you're still thinking about the incident with Seredy?"
Jin looked down.
Jin: " thankfully it wasn't a poisoned gas, so no one lost their life. But what if it really was? How could things have ended..."
Higurashi took a deep breath.
Higurashi : " it will be a burden that no one will be able to hold."
Jin: " that's why, I can't back from this fight, because this time, they're really in danger."
The brunette woman let a small smile.
Higurashi : " maybe you're right. I only can ask you to take care then."
Jin: " ah. You too, take care of Harness."
Higurashi : " they're your students. You passed down more than enough to them, they're able to take care of themselves. But don't worry. I will be there for them."...
Zaizen : " I see, they failed to prevent them from taking the data. But at least they stopped the rampaging and protected the students. That's enough for me."
Takuya: " about the data. We can only assume they're going to strengthen their LBXs with that. We've already figured out they may have a lot of players already working for them."
Zaizen sighed.
Zaizen: " we can't do anything about it. We can only believe in them. They're the only ones able to fight off now. Once again, the fate of the world is placed down on the shoulders of those young teenagers."...
Ran: " I had a good time shopping! Who thought Kamui island will be that cheap!"
Hiro had to deal with her packages till they reached the Duck Manor. As they entered, they were met by the members of the first platoon battling each other.
Arata: " I'm not going to lose!"
Hikaru: " same here!"
The Dual blade and Katana clashed.
Haruki: " don't forget I'm here as well!"
Trivhine shot at them, forcing them to get separated and eventually charge at it.
Ran: " they're battling..."
Sakuya: " they want to have some fun together."
Hiro: " they seem to enjoy it."
All three of them had wide grins on their faces as they clashed.
Yuno: " to be honest, this is the first time I see all three of them battling against each other."
Ran: " you're all back!"
She said when she noticed all the others were there.
Muraku: " I think we all had the same idea after all."
He said doing some maintenance on Magna Orthus.
" Muraku-san, I think this is enough now."
The voice came from his CCM. As he placed back the frame, he typed away on the screen of the CCM and Magna Orthus started moving again.
Magna Orthus: " it's easier to move now. Thanks, Muraku-san."
Kageto: " I never thought you can transfer your conscience to the CCM?"
Magna Orthus: " it's needed for when you do maintenance and repair."
Ami: " I didn't know of that?"
Pandora: " it will be painful to do maintenance while our conscience is still within the LBX. So we usually transfer temporarily to the CCM."
Kazu: " wait! You feel pain?!"
Achilles Deed: " yeah, we do."
Momona: " but, if so then how you fight?"
Pandora: " there is a pain absorber function that gets activated during battles, it reduces the pain. Still, if we were to take a sever damage, like a chopped leg or arm, it can exceed the levels of the pain absorber so we feel the pain, less than what's really like, but still."
Ran: " sorry Minerva! I've been putting you through dangerous fights, I never knew that!"
She said tackling the pink robot, almost breaking it to which Minerva sweat dropped.
Minerva: " it's okay. As we said, it's not like we feel that much pain while the pain absorber is activated."
Kiyoka: " I've been wondering. How can all of you battle as usual again if you have far more stronger LBXs and able to react on their own."
Sakuya: " it seems their conscience retreat back to the CCMs when they start a normal battle, and reduce their power to natural levels. That's what happened with Arata when he started battling both Hikaru and Haruki."
Muraku: " well then. Mikhail, Vanessa. Let's go on our own battle as well."
Vanessa: "eh! Why all of a sudden?"
Mikhail narrowed his eyes when he got what Muraku wanted before smiling.
Mikhail: " alright. Let's go."
Vanessa: " Mikhail ?"
Mikhail: " let's do it, Vanessa."
Vanessa: " alright then, if you insist..."
She smirked.
Vanessa: " we're going to defeat you, Muraku!"
They threw another D cube next to the first platoon and started their own battle.
Vanessa: " we won't hold back on you!"
Muraku: " come!"
Ami: " everyone seems to enjoy themselves."
Kazu: " they make me wanna battle! Hiro! Let's go too!"
Touko: " I want to try as well."
Ran: " I will be your opponent then!"
Sendou pulled out a card.
Sendou: " the moon, upright, what once finished will start again. It seems we will be battling once more like that last time."
Ami: " let's go then!"
Yuno: " here we go! I'm not losing this time!"
Catherine: " hah, I wish Asuka-sama is here as well."
Momona: " there are other strong players here as well!"
Otohime: " if just Jin-sensei is here as well."
Catherine : " hold on, what are you doing here!"
Kazu: " oh, it's that girl. The one with a crush on Jin."
Ami seemed to recognize her.
Ami: " thinking about it... I think Jin didn't want to stay in the Duck Manor because of her in the first place."
She said with a sweat drop and an awkward smile.
Hiro: " right. He and Kirito-san stay in Eclipse at night with Yagami and the others."
Suzune: " quite talking and let's all start battling!"
In a few minutes. All of them were sparing against each other, joyful laughs filled the whole room as they changed opponents every now and then after each battle. They didn't notice time passing by and darkness filling the area.
Takeru: " they really don't get tired."
Sakuya: " like if they will."
A small smile appeared on his face.
Sakuya: " isn't it great. The power of LBXs that can bring everyone together."
Takeru looked at him.
Sakuya: " I wonder, how could it have been without LBXs, would we have met each other and enjoyed our time like this?"
Takeru: " we should be thankful to LBXs, they gave us a lot."
Sakuya: " I agree."
There was a boom sound as Both Gunther and Glerior broke over.
Vanessa: " we lost again! You're tough!"
Mikhail let a gentle small smile as he looked up at their leader.
Mikhail: " was that satisfying, Muraku?"
The black head nodded.
Mikhail: " I see, then you can go down your path without worrying about us. We can take of ourselves."
Vanessa: " wait! Mikhail, what do you mean by that?"
Muraku : " Vanessa... I'm leaving with Arata."
Vanessa: " what!"
Magna Orthus jumped to his shoulder.
Muraku: " now that I have got this power, I can't really stand still. They need me on the battle field, so I have to help them out."
Vanessa: " Muraku..."
Muraku: " I'm sorry."
Mikhail : " don't be."
He walked to their friend.
Mikhail: " we will take care of the school for you. So take care of yourself for us."
Muraku nodded.
Arata, Haruki and Hikaru were panting at the end of their own battle.
Haruki: " 12 draw..."
Hikaru: " we couldn't settle for a winner yet..."
Arata: " man, it's bad to leave things like that..."
He looked at his friends with a wide smile.
Arata: " but that was fun!"
Haruki and Hikaru nodded in agreement.
Arata: " I will go, and I will save this world. I will struggle to find answers to how we can make the world a better place and come back here to battle you again and settle our score."
He said holding his fist at them.
Haruki: " you better."
Hikaru: " remember that we may follow no longer after you."
Arata: " then, I will be waiting for you guys."
All three of them bumped their fists together.
Ami: " should we call it a day?"
Kazu: " it was so fun! As I thought, there is no break without an entertaining battle."
He stretched his arms up.
Touko: " I never thought LBX battles can be this fun!"
She said smiling to her LBX.
Momona: " still I didn't get to battle Senpai!"
The pinkette puffed her cheeks in disappointment.
Arata: " sorry, maybe another day, Momona."
He apologized as he tucked his CCM back to his pocket and looked at the clock on the wall.
Arata: " it's already this late!"
Takeru: " you've been all focusing on the battle and didn't pay any attention to the time."
Sendou: " since Kirito didn't send anything, I think everything is alright. We have to rest before we leave tomorrow."
Arata: " but not before having some of Tome-san's cooking!"
Everyone chuckled at that as they made their way to the dinning hall...
Eclipse...
Jin and Kirito flicked their eyes at the door as it was opened and Eva stepped in, depositing a certain white LBX on the table.
Kirito: " this is..."
Jin: " ..."
Evangeline's face was grimy as she didn't know how to break the news to them.
Evangeline : " I... May have figured why D Ezeldee was after it..."
Everyone in there looked at her patiently while waiting for her to continue.
Evangeline : " it has Mizel's traces."
Kirito almost chocked on air while Jin squinted at the robot.
Kirito: " Mizel... Again..."
Jin: " Eva, how can you tell?"
She shifted uncomfortably on her feet.
Evangeline : " I'm not sure, but I think we created some bond between us as siblings 5 years ago... So I can recognize his traces easily."
Zenon's voice shot from Jin's CCM.
Zenon: "but how? And when?"
Twilight : " from what we heard from the girl, she found in a container with World Savers' LBX at LBX Hill unscratched and in a perfect shape."
Kirito's eyebrow shot up.
Kirito: " Perfect shape?"
Jin had an intake of air at that.
Jin: " strange, it doesn't seem like a World Savers' unit in any way? Why would it get thrown into a container?"
Fenrir: " not to mention it has Mizel's traces on it."
Fenrir's voice sounded this time.
Fenrir: " doesn't this mean, he was around during the World Savers' incident?"
Jin: " a possibility."
He muttered.
Evangeline : " but why? And how?"
She wondered. Jin inspected the LBX in front of them carefully.
Jin: " we don't have answers for that now."
Evangeline's head hanged down at that.
Evangeline : " Mizel..."
Next day...
Kiyoka : " take care, Onii-Chan."
Sendou: " If you need anything, just call me."
The girl nodded with a smile.
Kageto: " be careful, Muraku-san."
Muraku: " thanks. Don't worry. Magna Orthus is with me."
Gregory: " as soon as my LBX starts talking, I will be joining you as well."
Haruki: " same here."
Hikaru: " stay safe until we catch up with you."
Sakuya: " don't cause troubles."
Arata: " what's with you guys..."
He sweat dropped at their goodbyes.
Kagetora: " Arata-kun, fight on our behalf as well."
His annoyance shifted quickly to excitement and determination.
Arata: " I will."
Takeru: " where's Momo, won't she see her Senpai off?"
Suzune: " she may have slept in this morning. You know her."
Haruki: " just like her Senpai."
He had a teasing smile on his face.
Arata: " oi!"
Yuno: " Arata. This is a farewell gift."
She said handing him a keychain. His eyes sparkled in excitement when he saw the accessory was the symbol of Jenock.
Yuno: " I made the accessory myself. I replaced it with the original one of the keychain. This way, you will be always thinking of us when you pull out your CCM to fight. You will know that everyone of Jenock are fighting with you."
Arata: " thanks Yuno. I will take good care of it."
The girl tilted her head with an ear to ear grin.
Kirito: " let's go."
Arata: " alright!"
He looked back at his friends.
Arata: " I promise to come back."
Suzune: " we will be waiting."
As he climbed the stairs of Eclipse to get on, Haruki shouted at him.
Haruki: " Arata ! We almost forgot to tell you!"
Arata looked down at him.
Haeuki: " the one ranked as the top player is..."...
